Apple would have a monopoly if it could. Its numbers have been growing... so, what? Preemptive strike? iPod is almost a monopoly and... ok... let's change object slightly. If the iPhone became THE telephone on the market, would the E.U. be right in asking Apple to remove Safari from the phone's O.S. as other browsers became available? It's not Apples and Oranges, it's Apples and Apples.
Thank you Sycraft-fu for your civilized and informative answer. Unlike the other guy who jumped to my throat with propaganda but didn't make any convincing argument. I totally understand you. I had to reinstall Windows after a major crash (I have to thank an nVidia Graphic Card driver update for that) and for some reason the installation of IE6 went corrupt. I couldn't launch IE and many other programs wouldn't work, couldn't even install Silverlight. I tried installing IE7 but still the same problems. Finally installed IE8, it works but with limitations. For example haven't been able to download the beta of Windows 7.
Those pages exist because MS broke the law and bundled IE
Can you please point me to the law that states that a software company cannot bundle a web browser in its O.S. ?
You now, the law you didn't bother to gain a basic understanding of before burdening us all with your ill-informed opinions.
I'll ignore your trolling and accusations, but it seems that moderators voted in my favor. I never heard of a law that states that web browsers made by certain company cannot be bundled in an Operating System by the same software company that also makes the O.S.
Wake up, this is not 20 years ago. What's next? No more bundling of Calc, Live Messenger, Notepad? IE centric web-pages have nothing to do with this, it's a pretext and you know it.
The fact is that the E.U. wants Microsoft to remove IE from Windows because of political reasons by people who do not even understand the basics about web site design, and then my point is valid: by the same standards they should ask Apple to remove Safari from MacOS. As far as I'm concerned a web browser is part of a modern Operating System and Sony is certainly welcome to add another browser along with a lot of the junk they add to their computer. If they don't is because nobody is going to pay them for that, not because they can't.
I'm European but I say enough with this crap. I have used FireFox as my primary browser ever since the very first stable version came out and like me many others. I'm sure most of you use FF or Opera. An OS needs to have a browser... imagine buy a new PC with Windows and not having a browser? How are you going to download FF or any other browser? Go out and buy a disk? Impractical. Have one already? Maybe, but not necessarily so. Frankly it doesn't bother me that Microsoft provides a browser with its O.S.
This is not 1998, this is 2009 and in 2009 most everyone needs a browser right away. Those who don't like IE can use a different browser and many do. Why is the E.U. not attacking Apple? I don't think MacOS comes with IE or FF or Opera.
It would maybe be smarter on the E.U. to say: "Ok, you need to provide at least another browser with your OS" but then we would see a war among those companies who want their browser to be represented, and why should the E.U. decide what goes into MY O.S. ?
but our entry/exit requirements still aren't that onerous compared to other countries I can think of.
That's because you don't travel. I live in the US and I grew up in Europe and I tale at the very least 3 international trips every year (recently Italy, Spain, Japan, Peru) and there is not once country I have been to where I had to go through the nonsense people go through coming to the US. As a matter of fact, because USCIS messed up my green card case and took me five years to get it instead of one (finally got it last August) every time I would come it they would take me in the basement and interrogate me for an hour. Good thing I was born in a country who's a major ally. The US immigration is beyond anything I have seen in any country, so far your statement is pure speculation.
I don't really understand why the parent was modded as Troll. He's expressing an opinion without insults and he's not too far from the truth either.
Disclaimer: I'm not a Microsoft fan.
Happy New Year first of all (let's be polite):)
I live one hour from Yellowstone Lake, which is the center of the latest supervulcanic explosion caldera. I haven't felt any tremors and neither have anyone of the residents here. I have worked in Yellowstone and (as anyone visiting the Old Faithful Visitor Center can see from the seismographer there) Yellowstone has hundreds of micro earthquakes every day. On the other hand, Yellowstone's supervolcano has gone off every 600,000 years or so and the last eruption happened... well... about 600,000 years ago. So, geologically speaking it's time. Will it be 2009? I doubt it. And to prove it to you next summer I'll go scuba diving Yellowstone Lake like many people do.
No, the problem only happens with the latest firmware and only the first generation Zunes. Therefore it's my guess that Microsoft will issue a new firmware and the problem will be solved. I'm not a fan of Microsoft but let's not be tragic about this, there's a lot worse happening in the world.
Mine too. I paid mine $75 new from woot, bought 5 and sold 4 in Europe for $150 so Zune was good to me. Up until yesterday it worked great and I'm sure it will work fine again, I have no intention of getting a different player. Microsoft stated on their site that they're working on a fix. As an alternative it seems that if one lets the battery run down and wait until 4am Pacific Time Jan 1st it will restart again.
T9 doesn't work really well with English, too many variables. It takes me more time to fix words than just using the standard "press numeric key until needed letter is reached" system (no idea what it is called). On the other hand, when I go to Italy I have a phone there and I use T9 and it works really well with the Italian language.
True that hard drives don't keep up with that kind of speed, but it's also true that USB is used to connect multiple device so sharing a bandwidth of 5Gb/s is certainly better than sharing one 10 times slower. I'm prone to think that an external Blu-Ray player/recorder would be more reliable on a USB3.0 than a USB2.0
Seems that scientists are now certain of the existence of ancient oceans on Mars after one of the rovers found fossilized windsurfs and kiteboards, as well as oil rigs.
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Or you could even use it to make phone calls. Anyone thought about that one?
I had already read that in Stephen Baxter's novel "Titan" - That guy is always so right! :)
Apple would have a monopoly if it could. Its numbers have been growing... so, what? Preemptive strike? iPod is almost a monopoly and... ok... let's change object slightly. If the iPhone became THE telephone on the market, would the E.U. be right in asking Apple to remove Safari from the phone's O.S. as other browsers became available? It's not Apples and Oranges, it's Apples and Apples.
Thank you Sycraft-fu for your civilized and informative answer. Unlike the other guy who jumped to my throat with propaganda but didn't make any convincing argument. I totally understand you. I had to reinstall Windows after a major crash (I have to thank an nVidia Graphic Card driver update for that) and for some reason the installation of IE6 went corrupt. I couldn't launch IE and many other programs wouldn't work, couldn't even install Silverlight. I tried installing IE7 but still the same problems. Finally installed IE8, it works but with limitations. For example haven't been able to download the beta of Windows 7.
Can you please point me to the law that states that a software company cannot bundle a web browser in its O.S. ?
You now, the law you didn't bother to gain a basic understanding of before burdening us all with your ill-informed opinions.
I'll ignore your trolling and accusations, but it seems that moderators voted in my favor. I never heard of a law that states that web browsers made by certain company cannot be bundled in an Operating System by the same software company that also makes the O.S.
Wake up, this is not 20 years ago. What's next? No more bundling of Calc, Live Messenger, Notepad? IE centric web-pages have nothing to do with this, it's a pretext and you know it.
The fact is that the E.U. wants Microsoft to remove IE from Windows because of political reasons by people who do not even understand the basics about web site design, and then my point is valid: by the same standards they should ask Apple to remove Safari from MacOS. As far as I'm concerned a web browser is part of a modern Operating System and Sony is certainly welcome to add another browser along with a lot of the junk they add to their computer. If they don't is because nobody is going to pay them for that, not because they can't.
I'm European but I say enough with this crap. I have used FireFox as my primary browser ever since the very first stable version came out and like me many others. I'm sure most of you use FF or Opera. An OS needs to have a browser... imagine buy a new PC with Windows and not having a browser? How are you going to download FF or any other browser? Go out and buy a disk? Impractical. Have one already? Maybe, but not necessarily so. Frankly it doesn't bother me that Microsoft provides a browser with its O.S. This is not 1998, this is 2009 and in 2009 most everyone needs a browser right away. Those who don't like IE can use a different browser and many do. Why is the E.U. not attacking Apple? I don't think MacOS comes with IE or FF or Opera. It would maybe be smarter on the E.U. to say: "Ok, you need to provide at least another browser with your OS" but then we would see a war among those companies who want their browser to be represented, and why should the E.U. decide what goes into MY O.S. ?
That's because you don't travel. I live in the US and I grew up in Europe and I tale at the very least 3 international trips every year (recently Italy, Spain, Japan, Peru) and there is not once country I have been to where I had to go through the nonsense people go through coming to the US. As a matter of fact, because USCIS messed up my green card case and took me five years to get it instead of one (finally got it last August) every time I would come it they would take me in the basement and interrogate me for an hour. Good thing I was born in a country who's a major ally. The US immigration is beyond anything I have seen in any country, so far your statement is pure speculation.
99.3% accuracy might not seem much when looking at 3 billion pairs but remember that a lot of those pairs are dormant or useless (AFAWK).
I'm definitely not a big fan of lawsuits but there is such a thing in the U.S. Constitution as protection against discrimination about origin.
I don't really understand why the parent was modded as Troll. He's expressing an opinion without insults and he's not too far from the truth either. Disclaimer: I'm not a Microsoft fan.
BTW, My Zune is working again. Nostradamus was wrong :)
Happy New Year first of all (let's be polite) :)
I live one hour from Yellowstone Lake, which is the center of the latest supervulcanic explosion caldera. I haven't felt any tremors and neither have anyone of the residents here. I have worked in Yellowstone and (as anyone visiting the Old Faithful Visitor Center can see from the seismographer there) Yellowstone has hundreds of micro earthquakes every day. On the other hand, Yellowstone's supervolcano has gone off every 600,000 years or so and the last eruption happened... well... about 600,000 years ago. So, geologically speaking it's time. Will it be 2009? I doubt it. And to prove it to you next summer I'll go scuba diving Yellowstone Lake like many people do.
... people having a civilized conversation on /. about a Microsoft product? Is this really Slashdot or some other site took over? ;)
No, the problem only happens with the latest firmware and only the first generation Zunes. Therefore it's my guess that Microsoft will issue a new firmware and the problem will be solved. I'm not a fan of Microsoft but let's not be tragic about this, there's a lot worse happening in the world.
Mine too. I paid mine $75 new from woot, bought 5 and sold 4 in Europe for $150 so Zune was good to me. Up until yesterday it worked great and I'm sure it will work fine again, I have no intention of getting a different player. Microsoft stated on their site that they're working on a fix. As an alternative it seems that if one lets the battery run down and wait until 4am Pacific Time Jan 1st it will restart again.
T9 doesn't work really well with English, too many variables. It takes me more time to fix words than just using the standard "press numeric key until needed letter is reached" system (no idea what it is called). On the other hand, when I go to Italy I have a phone there and I use T9 and it works really well with the Italian language.
True that hard drives don't keep up with that kind of speed, but it's also true that USB is used to connect multiple device so sharing a bandwidth of 5Gb/s is certainly better than sharing one 10 times slower. I'm prone to think that an external Blu-Ray player/recorder would be more reliable on a USB3.0 than a USB2.0
No kidding, I played about 5 hours in 2 days, got to the space age and got bored.
I did it on Spore, it wasn't even fun.
Not all Sci-Fi writers fall into that category. Look at Stephen Baxter, if the guy doesn't know his physics and quantum mechanics nobody does.
On a side note: THE Mouse turns 80 (Mickey Mouse, that is). The title of the article doesn't specify which mouse... :-p
Umbrella Corporation comes to mind
Not if the sms actually tells the laptop to release the bottle of acid located on top of the hard drive :)
I think you stopped being my friend a long time ago. :-p
Seems that scientists are now certain of the existence of ancient oceans on Mars after one of the rovers found fossilized windsurfs and kiteboards, as well as oil rigs.